# Freecell winning streak

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 18, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449 "2002-12-18T00:10:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![PCGuru1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PCGuru1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PCGuru1)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/42 "2012-09-07T20:18:44Z")

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Won 2773 games in a row with zero losses. Here’s the chanllenging part. So far, I’ve won 13 of those games without using any of the free cells on the top left. And I try to keep to less than 10 points on top right just before clicking last card. My best is 3 points (Ace & Two). Fastest game is 38 seconds. Trying to find a game that cannot be won.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/43 "2012-09-07T20:48:18Z")

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> [@PCGuru1](#):
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> Won 2773 games in a row with zero losses. Here’s the chanllenging part. So far, I’ve won 13 of those games without using any of the free cells on the top left. And I try to keep to less than 10 points on top right just before clicking last card. My best is 3 points (Ace & Two). Fastest game is 38 seconds. Trying to find a game that cannot be won.

I usually only play to see if I can win without using the free cells. It’s about 2% of games that can be won that way. But it’s not the best strategy if you’re trying to win complete games. I’ve gotten down to 4 points before the last move, 6 and 7 a bunch of times. Also not the best strategy for winning every game. But I’ll typically try 2 or 3 games to see if I can win without the free cells, then move on. I’ll restart those games if I see a different way to do it. But I gave up on complete games in a row a long time ago, just takes too long.

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**Author:** ![shedhead007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@shedhead007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shedhead007)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/44 "2013-03-09T23:24:44Z")

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Is this a record!!!

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449/45 "2013-03-09T23:43:44Z")

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> [@shedhead007](#):
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> Is this a record!!!

Not if the post two posts above yours is true.

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